GPs are being excluded from the bodies that will become responsible for
spending £60 billion a year on healthcare services in the reshaped NHS,
according to a report published today.

Analysis of 100 new clinical commissioning groups shows that GPs have taken
fewer than half the seats on the boards. In some parts of the country GPs
account for less than 20 per cent of boards.

The report by Pulse, a specialist publication for GPs, calls into
question claims by Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, that his
controversial reforms of the health service would devolve responsibility to
frontline clinicians and